Teenage Voices Project Concert

The Teenage Voices Project takes over the Nave at Gloucester Cathedral on Thursday 19 November, with over a hundred teenage musicians performing together. It's a big, mixed-genre showcase: rock, folk, classical and gospel all in one night, and the sheer number of young people on stage is the main thing to keep in mind. It's not a professional touring act, but a local one built from the ground up.

The concert is the culmination of the project's work over the term. Each term, the project pairs with two Gloucestershire schools—one for the Junior Voices Project and one for the Teenage Voices Project—with four visits to each to develop singing and encourage pupils and teachers to enjoy group music-making. This performance is the result of that work, with the school choirs singing in the Cathedral for their families, staff and friends. It's part of the Cathedral's Music Outreach, which works to make music and singing accessible to the wider community.

The whole thing sits within the Cathedral's Year of Music 2026, a year built around the unveiling of the Cathedral's new organ following an extensive project to build the instrument and restore the 17th-century organ cases that house it. That's been the central thread for the year's music, which has also taken in the Cathedral Organ Festival and the Three Choirs Festival, one of the world's oldest annual classical music festivals.

It runs from 6pm to 7pm in the Nave, with doors open from 5.15pm, so you've got plenty of time to get in and find a spot before it starts. The venue is Gloucester Cathedral, 12 College Green, Gloucester GL1 2LX.